Infant Wondering Poem by Bashyam Narayanan

Infant wondering

It was a cute infant
Girl or boy
No clue
With big eyes and fair skin
Thinly built dressed in white
It drew the attention of all of us
In the care of two women
One seemingly its mom
Showing no signs of discomfort
The child enjoying the
Benefits of this air-conditioned cabin
Most of us would have noticed this nice kid
Me, sitting very close to the child
Was able to watch each of this babe's movement
The child was fed a bottle of milk
Which the child finished
Moving its beautiful eyes
Up, down, left and right
Suddenly there appeared a young girl
Dressed all in blue
And started making gestures
And postures in line with a voice behind
She moved her hands in all directions
It was almost dancing in the middle
With no bending of her legs
But revolved around her in swift
The child did not take its eyes off her
Watching her without blinking
The girl in the middle
Took some yellow objects
In between
To add further attraction
To her performance
The child keeping its watch on the girl
The child even demonstrating anger
Whenever there was obstruction
To its viewing the happenings in the middle
It did give a big cry during one such hurdle
The girl in the middle finished her exercise
The child still in awe
Was apparently expecting
Some more things to come
Which did not come up at all
I could sense the disappointment of the child
And I and any other was wondering
At the demonstrations in the middle
As we were hearing things spoken in hurry
And viewing demonstrations performed
In equal, if not more, speed
And to comply a statutory requirement
But the child had a nice five minutes
At wondering mid aisle postures
In an aircraft before take off